Hispanics and health insurance coverage: The rising disparity

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1086-1092

  Rutledge, Matthew S ^a,b   McLaughlin, Catherine G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Hispanics Latinos; Immigrants; Uninsured; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53449099417     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31818828e3     Document Type: Article

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